title: The case for an electronic fetal heart rate monitoring credentialing examination.
abstract: The Perinatal Quality Foundation has created an examination containing both knowledge-based and judgment questions relating to the interpretation of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring for credentialing all medical and nursing personnel working on a labor and delivery floor. A description of the examination and the rationale for its use throughout the United States is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: Rb2212@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: D'Alton
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Perinatal Associates Inc, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ.
authors.forename: Dan F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.affiliation: Perinatal Quality Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Depp
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Magella Medical Group, Long Beach, CA.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nageotte
mesh_terms: D015148:Cardiotocography; D003406:Credentialing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States
keywords: credentialing for labor and delivery; electronic fetal heart rate monitoring examination; script concordance testing in obstetrics